(June 24, 2019 at 12:44 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: There was a French scientist who when explaining the details of planetary motion to Napoleon was asked why he had not mentioned god during the explanation.
Laplace, for that was his name answered that he "had had no need for that hypothesis".
That is also my answer to god and science, so far I have had no need for that hypothesis.
I like that story, mainly because it amuses me to think that the Emperor actual read Exposition du système du monde.
Boru
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